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Law:
Bankruptcy Attorney Clowns Around in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
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Cravath Unveils Bonuses: It’s (Mostly)2010 All Over Again
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Lawyers' Bonuses Under Pressure
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Cravath Bonuses Signal Lackluster Year for M&A Work, WSJ Says
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Bonus Season: The Most Nerve-Wracking Time of the Year
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In Apparent Trend, Associates Increasingly Leave BigLaw to Become Small Firm Entrepreneurs
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Are You Allowed to Have a Biglaw Job If You Need to Sleep All the Time?
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New Partner Watch: Cravath and Simpson
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Holme Roberts Reportedly in Discussions with Bryan Cave
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SNR Denton posts first combined results with H1 revenues up 11.5%
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High Court orders Herbert Smith and RBS to bare all
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A&O asks up to 3% of equity to go as partnership management resumes
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Ex-Crowell & Moring lawyer won't fight extradition
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Dreier on Dreier
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An early connection - For students of color, an early helping hand?
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Why is the NY Times Turning Out Such Error-Ridden and Ill-Informed Pieces on Law Schools?
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Texas Redistricting, Kohn, Google, Wal-Mart in Court News
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Citigroup, HSBC, RBS, Rajaratnam, Glaxo, S&P in Court News
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Probe Finds Hedge Fund Lawyer Was 'Tortured, Beaten To Death'
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Ex-Crowell Associate’s Case Makes for ‘Bad Episode of Law and Order’
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Firms help staff pay for divorces
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NYC bar association nominates Carey Dunne as next president
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The Definitive Guide To Social Media For Lawyers
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Two New Ethics Opinions on Cloud Computing
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U.S. Law Firms Plan to Follow Trade Deal With Korea Offices
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Don’t Try This at Home, Experts Warn Parents Tempted to Infect Kids With Chicken Pox via Web Aids
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Concealing First Marriage From Second "Wife" Violates Ethics Rules
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New York Judge's Ruling Means Suit Challenging Ethics of Greenberg Ethics Specialist Can Proceed
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Man Sues Couple He Kidnapped
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State Removes Boy, 8, From Mom’s Home Because He Is Too Fat
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Student trapped in clothes horse rescued by firefighters
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Judge Carton Rules
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Judges:
Rakoff Causes More Heartburn at the SEC
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What’s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics? — A Lot
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Health care and recusal politics
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Supreme Court TV? Nice Idea, but Still Not Likely
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Will Justices’ Fear of Sound Bite Preclude TV Coverage of 5-Hour Oral Argument in Health Care Case?
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The Supreme Court sends a grandmother back to prison to teach the 9th Circuit a lesson.
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Who’s the Ostrich?
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A Reverse Benchslap? Chastised Lawyer Lashes Out at Judge Posner
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Benchslap of the Day: A Case of Having Too Much Flair
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Judge suggests charging for extensive use of expensive court time
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Wall Street:
Europe Stocks Retreat, US Futures Change Little
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Stocks Jump on Wall Street and in Europe
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Wall Street Girds for Smaller Bonuses
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The 15 Stocks That Hedge Funds Love
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Layoffs:
Brain-Hub Cities Attract Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:
Oil falls below $98 amid Europe debt concerns
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Ethanol:
Ranchers Warn on Meat Shortages
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MF Global:
Corzine Pushed Europe Bet to $11.5 Billion
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Committees pressure Corzine to testify
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Stabenow calls Corzine to testify on MF Global collapse
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Jon Corzine Has a Bull's-Eye on His Back
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Jon Corzine the Face of Wall Street Arrogance
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Corzine's rightful place? Locked away behind bars
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Slice of missing MF Global customer cash may be in Britain
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$200 Million in Vanished Cash Turns Up at JP Morgan
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MF Global a month later and still a mystery
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Agency OK likely for rule on firms' customer funds
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Did MF Global write you a rubber check?
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Gensler Recusal Timing Has 'Grey Areas', Senator Roberts Says
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Widening Hunt for Details of MF Global's Collapse
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US regulators doubt MF Global shortfall estimate
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Has MF Global changed the insolvency landscape?
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MF Global reveals UK payback terms
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Municipalities:
Restructuring Experts Balk At Muni Meltdown Prediction
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Mayor Thompson addresses residents at town hall meeting
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Latest in Harrisburg Bankruptcy Saga
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Alabama Sheriff Seeks Bankruptcy Ruling on Halting Lawsuits
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Celebs:
T-Boz files for bankruptcy protection
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Pearlman bankruptcy trustee nets settlement from MTV, but victims still get nothing
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Pearlman bankruptcy timeline
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Tobey Maguire Agrees To Repay Gambling Windfall To Bankruptcy Trustees
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Strangest Michael Jackson-Related Lawsuit Ever?
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Orchestras:
Philadelphia Orchestra moves pension funds to federal government
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Personal Finance:
How to Live Happily on Less
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Protests:
Hilarious Spoof Of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Joining Occupy Wall Street
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What Bill Gross And Larry Fink Said About Occupy Wall Street
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Occupy Economics
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Occupy LA's lawyer says peaceful relations with LAPD are no accident
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Occupiers ponder their future
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Economy:
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey shows contraction in November
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Over 20% of Americans are economically insecure
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Fitch warns of US downgrade if no budget deal
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Bond Dealers See Fed Buying $545 Billion of Home-Loan Debt in Third Easing
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GOP to Reconfigure US Budget Cuts
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Austerity Is Bad for Us and No Fun
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Bush Tax Cuts are the Real Endgame
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All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn’t Renewed
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US Deficit Deadlock Has Echoes of Euro Crisis
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Banks made billions on secret Federal Reserve loans
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How Henry Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word of 2008 Fannie Mae Rescue
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11 Big Charts That Show What A Mess The Economy Has Suddenly Become
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5 Charts That Show That Suddenly Something Is Going Wrong With The Consumer
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Krugman gleefully quotes Greenspan getting everything wrong in 2005
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Should the Government Narrow the Income Gap (Part I), (Part II)
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Economic Stress Map
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
Did Barney Frank Cause the Housing Crisis?
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Barney Frank: Don't Blame Me for Fannie, Freddie Problems
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Assured Guaranty files new claims against JPMorgan
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Bank official says lessons learned from robo-signing
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O.C. residents named as 'robo-signers'
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Once-Wayward Loans 'Reperforming' for Freddie Mac
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Realtors applaud FHA loan limits
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U.S. Banks to Trim Mortgage Servicing Ops as Tougher Regulation Looms
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Mortgage Servicers – Getting Away with the Perfect Crime?
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There’s Nothing To Stop Mortgage Servicer Fraud Becoming A Standard Business Practice
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The Margin Effect That Is Killing The Housing Market
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Visible Existing Home Inventory declines 17% year-over-year in November
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New-home sales inch up 1.3% in October
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New Home Prices: Average Lowest since 2003
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Making Sense of New Home Sales
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Hispanic households grow, accounting for more than half of new homeowners
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Mortgage debt falls in third quarter, NY Fed says
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NYC foreclosures drop 32%
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NAR expects some commercial real estate growth next year
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Las Vegas commercial real estate owners in bankruptcy
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Demand for global distressed property predicted to slow
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Eurozone turmoil to boost global distressed property
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Corporate Reform:
Citigroup Deal With SEC Gets the Rough Legal Treatment It Deserved
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Judge on Citi's SEC Deal: "An engine of oppression"
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Judge disses SEC
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The Rakoff Rejection
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SEC Policy Challenged in Judge's Rejection of Citigroup Deal
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Jed Rakoff's fraught decision
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Judge Rakoff Delivers Brutal Takedown Of Both The SEC And Citigroup
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Khuzami: Rakoff Ruling Ignores 'Decades of Established Practice'
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The Origins of a Policy as Practical as It Is Puzzling
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Bounced Citi CDO payout tests SEC's credibility
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The S.E.C.'s Enabling
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Frank Exit May Leave Wall Street Rules Vulnerable to Republicans
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Baseball:
Dodgers Owner's Feud Is Now With Fox
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Los Angeles Dodgers Accuse Fox Sports of Ducking Competition
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Health Care:
Allcare Dental Management, Inc. Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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No New Drugs? Blame Wall Street's Demands
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Doctors Face Steep Medicare Cuts Again
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Plan could resolve privately-owned hospital's bankruptcy problems
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Food/Beverage:
East Side's Bill's Gay Nineties files for bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Syms: Creditors Seek To Disband Equity Committee
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Former Borders employees secure settlement in lawsuit: $797 a person
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For a Weekend, at Least, Retailers See Record Numbers
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Amazon Facing End of Sales Tax Loopholes in 2012
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Telecoms:
Bankrupt wireless firm probe kept closed
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Open Range customers still smarting from internet service collapse
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Enron:
Skilling's fall was nothing short of epic
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Avoidance Actions:
Bankruptcy Case’s Focus on Everyday Investors Could Set New Precedent
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Religion:
Crystal Cathedral win was miraculous, legal firm says
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Aviation:
American, Pilots Union to Meet With Mediators as Talks Stall
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Distressed Investing:
Wilbur Ross hones in on troubled maritime business
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Ratings Agencies:
Investor can sue S&P over Lehman -German court
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Consumer Debt:
NY Fed Q3 Report on Household Debt and Credit
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Consumers continue to unload debt
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(No new opinions today)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Dodgers, MF Global , Chrysler, Vitro, Lehman, A&P
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Chrysler, Vitro, Manistique, Lehman, A&P, NewPage
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Rochelle on PSEG v. Dynegy, MF Global, $46 Million Error
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Top 10 all-time bankruptcies
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Litigation:
Twombly, Iqbal rulings have 'substantial impact': study
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Fraud:
Rajaratnam Seeks to Remain Free While Appealing Wiretap Use
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Search for Olympus Scam Advisers Highlights Hong Kong Links
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Stanford still not competent to stand trial
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Westgate victims get (some)of their money back
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IRS Extends Safe Harbor for Investment Theft Losses
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HSBC proposes amended settlement in Madoff case
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Insurance:
S&P cuts The PMI Group to D on bankruptcy filing
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Kirchmeyer adds appraisal insurance against faulty valuations
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Why M&A-Related Litigation is a Serious Problem
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Banking:
Morgan Stanley Cuts Outlook for Big Banks
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Huntsman hopes to break up big banks
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Wisconsin bank settles overdraft case, joins BofA
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Alternative Energy:
Top GOP Aide For House Panel Has Ties To Solyndra
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Electricity:
Questions and answers about Southern Montana Electric
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren Isn't Interested in Small Improvements
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Republican Hopeful Huntsman Offers Plan to Prevent Bank Bailouts
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30 Years In The Life Of Barney Frank
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A Tale Of Two Twits
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The Real Reason to Miss Barney Frank
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Frank 17th House Dem to Bolt
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Woman: I Had 13 Year Affair with Cain
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Newest Cain Accuser Has History of Financial Trouble
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Wall St. Turns Away from Obama
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Romney in 2006 Backed Immigration Stance He Now Deems Amnesty
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Will The Housing Crisis Kill Mitt Romney's Campaign?
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Gingrich’s Former Political Group Ordered by Court to Pay Delinquent Rent
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IMF:
Investigative Report Reveals Evidence That DSK Was Probably Framed
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Sovereigns:
The Most Basic Assumption About Sovereign Debt Turns Out To Be 100% Wrong
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The bias toward creditors
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EU:
Euro Zone is Coming to an End
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In euro zone crisis, companies plan for the unthinkable
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New Reports Warn of Escalating Dangers From Europe's Debt Crisis
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NY Times: "Crisis in Europe Tightens Credit Across the Globe"
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Time Runs Short for Europe to Resolve Debt Crisis
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Moody's: We're worried about pretty much every European sovereign bond rating
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IMF: £500b Plan to Save Italy, Spain, Euro
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Could Germany just leave the euro zone? Not easily.
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Is it cheaper for Germany to bail out EU countries rather than leave the euro?
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Germany told to act to save Europe
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Euro Zone Leaders Weigh New Budget Rules
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Moody's: Crisis Threatens EU Ratings
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Obama Meets Leaders of the European Union
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Pressure mounts on Europe as finance ministers meet
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S&P may cut France outlook within 10 days: report
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PIIGS:
Italy's Borrowing Rates Skyrocket Again
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Italy Yields Hit New Euro Area High; 3-Year Almost 8%
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Seat PG on knife-edge as default threat mounts
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Greeks Balk at Paying Steep New Property Tax
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Greeks on a shoestring
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Greek bourse index halts downward spiral
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Eurobank, Alpha Bank take large hit on bonds
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Banks to post writedowns as investors face wipeout
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Court orders Quinn to repay €1.7bn Anglo Irish Bank loan
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Bank's action 'pointless', says Quinn
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Anglo Irish wins dismissal of U.S. bondholder case
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The Real Threat Facing Spanish Lenders
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Canada:
Comity In Cross-Border Insolvencies: Determining the Proper Scope of a Court’s Jurisdiction
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Japan:
Japan's Olympus to review business structure amid scandal
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Murky underbelly may quell Buffett's interest in Japan
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MENA:
Historic Voting Starts in Egypt
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Arab League Approves New Syrian Sanctions
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UN Report Claims Syrian Troops Killed Hundreds of Children
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China:
Can China's Economy Collapse?
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Australia:
Commercial property distressed sales forecast to rise in Australia
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